Wall Street still liked what it saw. Google’s stock climbed $30.78, or 4.4 percent, to $733.65 in extended trading.

The most recent quarter didn’t provide an apples-to-apples comparison to the previous year because the latest results included Motorola Mobility. Google didn’t own Motorola Mobility in 2011, having completed its $12.4 billion acquisition of the handset maker eight months ago.

Things were further complicated by Google’s recent agreement to sell a part of the Motorola Mobility division that makes cable TV boxes.

Google earned nearly $2.9 billion, or $8.62 per share, during the final three months of last year.